Jason Ball, (Cpcm, Pmp, Cop, Csm, Cspo) Email & Phone Number

Greenville, Kentucky, United States

Hand-selected as the Product Owner in Managed Services for corporate outsourcing strategy and enablement initiative within the IT department. Key Accomplishments: *Established 2017 vision and executed 100% of the roadmap for the outsourcing practice, governance and Master Managed Services Agreement incorporating adoption of Agile, product management, and continuous delivery practices. *Directed project to re-compete an existing outsourcing agreement for the support of 100 applications resulting in saving $MM dollars. *Directed all aspects of a large project and designed the solution to outsource support for 50+ Software Applications with multimillion dollar cost-avoidance. *Experimented/incorporated accelerated methods to contract IT labor demonstrating ability to move from idea to contract in a few weeks. *Created and led multi-department team to over-see all changes to enterprise technology sourcing contracts.

Led the outsourcing practice to design, procure, negotiate and implement solutions for enterprise IT to meet strategic objectives. Coordinated transactions for all stakeholders (internal customers and vendors) and drove continuous improvement. Key Accomplishments: *Established Managed Services at State Farm from the ground up.*Selected consulting firm and developed the solution to pilot IT outsourcing for a portfolio of 100+ applications, resulting in $MM dollar cost-savings and increased employee focus on strategic work. *Led negotiation of master contracts with > 7 vendors, establishing pre-qualified pool for external labor. *Led IT services contracting and governance on company’s largest program, supporting and optimizing external labor contracting for 300+ projects through proactive solution development and collaborative problem solving. *Developed/negotiated the 1st externally-hosted infrastructure contract for a strategic $MM deal. *Led cross-functional team in revising and negotiating Master Agreement based on lessons learned. *Led project and cross-functional teams to design the solution, evaluate vendor proposals, perform financial analysis, select vendor, negotiate and implement outsourcing of > 50 applications aligned to > 200 stakeholders resulting in $MM cost savings. *Created vendor dashboard reporting tool and multiple governance tools enabling more effective accountability of IT vendors to quality, value and key performance indicators. *Guided assessment of managed services opportunities for multiple functions with hundreds of software applications. *Developed amendment incorporating Infrastructure Outsourcing Services into the Master Contract.

Technical lead facilitating planning, implementing IT management initiatives and various IT procurements for multiple system solutions including ERP. Orchestrated strategic and tactical decision-making, including issue resolution for IT solutions. Evaluated, selected and procured equipment and software. Key Accomplishments: *Led IT planning and proactive impact analysis for IT changes across 2 functions, and implemented solutions for > 7 business departments.*Led cross-department initiative for scoping and implementing Java Reference Architecture, and led controlled adoption of the new architecture by business application functions.*Led evaluation, selection, implementation and operational support of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for more than 80,000 end-users.*Led RFP development, product evaluation and selection of laptops for Claims Department.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Theology

Associate'S Degree, Accounting